Government

The village of Mazomanie will face some short-term borrowing after paying for the replacement of the Historical Society roof at their April 14 meeting.

The Village Board of Prairie du Sac ratified the disaster declaration and empowered Village Administrator Alan Wildman to modify operations and programs at their virtual meeting on April 14.

At is April 14, 2020 meeting, the Village of Prairie du Sac Board of Trustees authorized a number of responses to COVID-19.  The responses included assistance for businesses located within the Village of Prairie du Sac affected by COVID-19 and the State of Wisconsin Safe at Home order.

The Arena Village Board held their April meeting via conference call because of the Covid-19 pandemic, meaning that the board members attended the meeting by telephone.  There was a large agenda to go through, but all went well with the meeting running smoothly. Village president Kate Reimann chose voice vote on for all action items.

The Village of Prairie du Sac Utilities urges electric customers concerned about being able to pay their bill to apply for Energy Assistance. Funding is available to help income-qualified residential customers pay their electric bills, including those whose employment has been impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency. 

Two significant expenses for the Town of Vermont are coming due soon and the typical annual budget may not have the funds to handle the purchases.

The Village of Black Earth followed suit with neighboring communities at their March 30 meeting and declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The declaration qualifies the village for reimbursement for COVID-19 related costs.

We would like to let the public know that we are highly encouraging absentee voting for this April 7th election, in an attempt to lessen the amount of people gathering at Village Hall to vote on election day.

The Black Earth Chamber planned to have a candidate forum for those running for office in Black Earth on April 2. It had to be cancelled. The chamber wrote to each candidate:

On March 10, the Sauk City Village Board had it’s regular meeting. The board voted to hire Kaitlin Nye as the Utility Billing Clerk. Nye will be stepping tin o fill the shoes of Janet Kraemer. Kraemer has been the Utility Billing Clerk for Sauk City for just shy of 30 years.